10.5 (2004) (TV)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

John Lafia

Writers (WGA):

Christopher Canaan (written by) and
John Lafia (written by) ...

Release Date:

2 May 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Tagline:

The Greatest Quake in Human History threatens to Rock The World!

Plot:

An earthquake reaching a 10.5 magnitude on the Richter scale, strikes the west coast of the U.S. and Canada. A large portion of land falls into the ocean, and the situation is worsened by aftershocks and tsunami. |

Plot Keywords:

Earthquake | Digit In Title | Period In Title | Federal Works Agency | Golden Gate Bridge

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Kim Delaney	...	Dr. Samantha Hill
Fred Ward	...	Roy Nolan, FEMA Director
Ivan Sergei	...	Dr. Zack Nolan
Dulé Hill	...	Dr. Owen Hunter
Beau Bridges	...	President Paul Hollister
John Schneider	...	Clark Williams
Kaley Cuoco	...	Amanda Williams
Rebecca Jenkins	...	Governor Carla Williams
David Cubitt	...	Dr. Jordan Fisher
Brian Markinson	...	Daniel, Hollister's Advisor
John Cassini	...	Sean Morris, Hollister's Aide
Kimberly Hawthorne	...	Jill Hunter (as Kim Hawthorne)
Jill Krop	...	Anchor #1
Marrett Green	...	Anchor #2
Dagmar Midcap	...	Anchor #3

Also Known As:

10.5: Apocalypse (USA) (alternative title)
Earthquake 10.5 (UK)

Runtime:

240 min (including commercials) | USA:165 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:PG | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Netherlands:12 | USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | USA:Unrated (video rating) | Finland:K-11

Filming Locations:

Hollywood Sign, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Argosy Productions Limited

Trivia:

The filmmakers never received permission to use the trademarked name "Space Needle." In order to circumvent this, it is spelled "Spaceneedle" when it appears in the film.

Goofs:

Factual errors: A 10.5 earthquake as represented in the movie, would actually be much larger than depicted. People would not be able to walk around so freely as they are doing (at a 10.5, the levels of sight and sound would be distorted). Damage would also be total, damaging much more than shown (the destruction would also reach areas as far away as Michigan or possibly even New York).

Quotes:

President Paul Hollister: When the left hand finally realizes what the right hand is doing, it's exploded in all of our faces.

Movie Connections:

References "The Dukes of Hazzard" (1979)

Soundtrack:

Tired of Being Played

Funny, if you like bad disaster movies

They had a preview screening of this for my office. I work with a bunch of seismologists, and the overall consensus was that when it came to the science, they got *everything* wrong. The room was full of people laughing uproariously at one howler after another. The special effects were pretty good, but the acting was kind of hard to take. Too melodramatic. And not just the science was wrong. The bit that kind of summed it up was a scene where a TV news report was showing a banner that the President had declared 'marshal law'. Don't the writers have a dictionary? Anyway, if you like bad disaster movies, this is entertaining. But it's pure fantasy, and not at all an accurate portrayal.